NetApp Inc. Quarterly Valuation – February 2015 $NTAP
NetApp does fairly well in the ModernGraham model, and is suitable for Enterprising Investors. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the lack of dividend payments, along with the high PB ratio, while the Enterprising Investor has no initial concerns. As a result, Enterprising Investors should feel very comfortable proceeding to the next part of the analysis, which is a determination of the company’s intrinsic value.
When it comes to valuation, it is critical to consider the company’s earnings history. In this case, the company has grown its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $1.09 in 2011 to an estimated $2.00 for 2015. This is a strong level of demonstrated growth, which is well above the market’s implied estimate of 5.2% annual earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. Here, the historical growth in EPSmg over the last five years is around 16.8% per year, which is clearly unsustainable over the long term. The ModernGraham valuation model reduces the historical growth to a more conservative figure, assuming that some slowdown will occur. Therefore, the model returns an estimate of intrinsic value well above the current price, indicating the company is significantly undervalued at the present time.
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